Family of Mi'kmaw mother who died in custody call for public inquiry

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Family and friends say Sarah Rose Denny was full of life and they want a public inquiry to find out why the 36-year-old died after being held in the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility.

They say the Mi’kmaw mother of two contracted pneumonia in what is commonly known as the Burnside jail in Dartmouth and say she should never have been there in the first place. The Department of Justice confirmed an inmate died of natural causes last Sunday after being transferred to the local hospital. 

Her obituary says Denny was active, loved fitness and once won a triathlon in Eskasoni, earning her

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